April 13, 200620 yr As Cambridge Marlin pointed out in a previous post...Anibal Sanchez turned in a solid performance the other night...unfortunately for Carolina, Mobley could not hold on for the save. Can't wait to see Sanchez up with the Fish. Chattanooga, TN --- Anderson Machado singled home pinch-runner Chris Dickerson with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to cap a two-run rally as Chattanooga edged Carolina 4-3 at BellSouth Park in the Lookouts' home opener. Leading 3-2 in the ninth, Carolina's Chris Mobley could not close the door on the Mudcats' fourth straight win. A bloop single began the inning by Noochie Varner, but Mobley recorded the next two outs before hitting former Mudcat Javier Colina on the first pitch. Miguel Perez lined a 1-1 pitch over Mobley's glove into center to bring home Varner to tie the game ahead of Machado's game winning liner to right-center. Anibal Sanchez allowed a first inning run and then a solo homer to former major leaguer Alex Sanchez in the sixth, but was strong throughout. Sanchez pitched a staff-long eight innings, permitting just four hits and fanning five for his no-decision. Carolina took a 2-1 lead in the second inning against another ex-big leaguer Jung Bong, who pitched for the Atlanta Braves. Ryan Bear slugged the team's first home run to lead off the inning, then Patrick Arlis smoked a grounder off of Bong's glove with runners at the corners to score the second run. The lead grew to 3-1 in the fourth when Arlis' infield single in the shortstop hole scored Kevin Randel for the second time in the game. Randel collected a season-high three hits, while Rex Rundgren and Bear had two hits respectively.
April 13, 200620 yr im not liking the nickname.. i thought it was gonna be some horrible story about why hes been banned from baseball and going to prison..
April 13, 200620 yr I liked it, good game and good read. Thanks for finding the article. I love reading about our Real AA, A, and AAA teams instead of our major league AAA team
April 17, 200620 yr Author First of many wins for Anibal...(Mobley closed it out this time!) :thumbup Mudcats win Home Opener 3-2 Zebulon, NC --- Lee Mitchell hit home runs in his first two at-bats at Five County Stadium as Carolina won its home opener 3-2 over Jacksonville on Easter Sunday afternoon before 4,103 fans. Mitchell's first blast cleared the centerfield wall against Suns starter Danny Muegge, the belted the first pitch from Muegge to left center in the fourth inning as Carolina (5-6) built a 3-1 lead. Anibal Sanchez (W, 1-1) notched his first win in the Marlins organization, working six innings, permitting six hits and a run for the victory. Sanchez dodged a sixth inning push by the Suns, stranding two Suns baserunners with the bullpen preparing with one out in the inning. Christopher Young allowed a seventh inning run, but pitched a scoreless eighth before Chris Mobley (S, 2) cleaned up his second Double-A save in the ninth, leaving the tying run at second as he fanned Justin Ruggiano to end the game. The Mudcats, who entered the game with losses in four of five games, claimed a series opener for the first time in three tries in the regular season after losing the first battles in Mobile and Chattanooga. Carolina can recover to the .500 mark with a win on Monday night. Adam Bostick will make his third start of the season at 7:15 PM ET. Go Cats!
April 20, 200620 yr im not liking the nickname.. i thought it was gonna be some horrible story about why hes been banned from baseball and going to prison.. :lol can't wait to see him make the show
April 20, 200620 yr Can't wait to see him in the big leagues. This year? Next year? They're thinking of making him a closer. He's absolutely filthy. It would be nice to see him be our closer and K-Mart be his set up man. Maybe eventually use Renyel Pinto as our 7th inning guy and/or lefty specialist.
April 20, 200620 yr Can't wait to see him in the big leagues. This year? Next year? They're thinking of making him a closer. He's absolutely filthy. It would be nice to see him be our closer and K-Mart be his set up man. Maybe eventually use Renyel Pinto as our 7th inning guy and/or lefty specialist. damn we have a lot of pitching
April 21, 200620 yr Can't wait to see him in the big leagues. This year? Next year? They're thinking of making him a closer. He's absolutely filthy. It would be nice to see him be our closer and K-Mart be his set up man. Maybe eventually use Renyel Pinto as our 7th inning guy and/or lefty specialist. No they're not, at least not anymore. The idea was floated because of the nerve damage in his throwing arm, but since he went 8 last night, I'm pretty sure they're not tossing the highest cieling of all the young arms in the 'pen. Tucker's the odds on man to be the future closer.
April 21, 200620 yr So probably next year? I think we'll see him at some point this year. *yes* I can't wait.
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